The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.
To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.
With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today's article, we will continue with
the second of eight who wore the No. 40, Stan McKenzie. After ending his college career at NYU, he was picked up with the 94th overall selection of the 1966 NBA Draft by the (then) Baltimore Bullets (now, Washington Wizards).
The Miami, Florida native played the first season of his pro career with Baltimore. He also played for the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers before he was dealt to the Houston Rockets in 1972 for the final two seasons of his NBA career.
During his time suiting up for the Rockets, McKenzie wore only jersey No. 40 and put up
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